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Archbishop Goody called on priests to remove physical barriers to the disabled and prayed for the parents of the disabled to be strengthened in faith when he addressed several thousand people in Supreme Court Gardens for the Christ the King Eucharistic Festival on Sunday night. Linking the theme of the International Year of the Disabled, Break Down the Barriers, Archbishop Goody said: "There are no barriers here between us and Him who said: 'Come unto me all you who labour and are heavily burdened and I will refresh you.' "He did what He said and thousands flocked to Him to receive health, encouragement, and instruction. He also clearly indicated that we could imitate Him when He said: 'Anything you did for the least of those who are mine, you did for me'." Citing Saint Margaret of Scotland and Elizabeth of Hungary whose feasts occurred last week, Archbishop Goody continued:
Follow example
Archbishop Goody pictured giving his h omily at the Christ the King Festival in Supreme Court Gardens. At lower right Bishop Healy wh o carried the Blessed Sacrament and gave benediction wa s accompanied by Fat hers Sp roxton and Ryan of St Mary's Cathedral.
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"Their example is being followed by thousands today, often too with women in the forefront. God bless them." Archbishop Goody concluded his prayer for the disabled: • May the disabled themselves take courage from the strength of Christ and from His lowly and gracious approach to us. Let them understand that we too are anxious to be their supportive friends. • May parents of the disabled, if they feel anger and
frustration at their fate, know achievement, the promised how Our Lord will sustain help of Jesus Christ our them and appreciate from our Saviour." He said that groups would actions how we too are with them in their difficulties. May receive hope and encouragesuch parents be given the faith ment from Jesus' words: "Do which sustained Mary in her you labour? I will refresh }OU. sorrows even at the foot of the Are you heavily burdened? I cross. will give you rest. Are you • May priests do all they can blind or halt or deaf or lame? I in their pastoral ministry and have come to bring good news in the practical arrangement to the poor, sight for the blind of their church and other and freedom to captives." buildings to remove any physical barriers which may exist Before Christ and even more to lessen the tendency of so many of us to shy away from the unusual Referring to the gospel of the and the inconvenient. Sunday which spoke of all My dear priests, give the sac- nations being assembled raments frequently to all who before Christ in judgement, Archbishop Goody said: can possibly receive them. "Tonight in these gardens we • May governments, have in microcosm, in a repreauthorities of all kind and all sentative way, a gathering of society, see the needs, appre- all peoples before Our Lord's ciate their responsibilities and throne of glory. "We are here in all our vartake appropriate action. iety: Young and old, men and Earlier in his homily, Arch- women, academics and business men, professionals and bishop Goody had said: workers, healthy and dis"When during this Year of abled, wise and not so wise, all the Disabled we spare a worshipping before Him. moment to consider what we "What does each individual might and could do to recog- expect to hear from Jesus: His nise the problem and help to blessing surely: 'Come you alleviate it, let us not leave blessed of my Father, enter aside the first and most potent into the joy of the kingdom source of courage and prepared for you'."
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FRANK SHEED DIES AG E D 8 4
NEW JERSEY: Frank Sheed, the renowned Australian-born lay theologian of this century and f~m«;>Us lecturer, apologist and publisher, has died m St Francis Hospital, New Jersey, at the age of 84.
He was the author of such books ary degree of Doctor of ic, and a daughter, Rosemary. "We would talk it out with as !heology and Sanity and Theology. In an interview last August, them. When people found that Society and Sanity, which Sheed developed his talent for Sheed recalled the thorough we weren't waiting to pounce on explained theology in a lucid discussing religion and theology training members of the Catholic them, that we only wanted to style. in down-to-earth terms as a street Evidence Guild received before know what they thought so we Hi~ remarkable career is epi- corner lecturer 3:t London's Hyde going . out to . speak about could talk it out with them, we tom1sed by the fact that the man Park corner with the Catholic Cathohc doctrme on street got real, genuine dialogue." who never attended a Catholic Evidence Guild. corners. After an initial 26-week school or studied at a Catholic He was born in Sydney to a course, they attended a two or After World War II, television theological college was eventu- Catholic mother and a non- three-year course in Catholic diminished the size of crowds in ally one of the first lay men in Catholic father who had aban- theology. the streets, he recalled. memory to be granted the honor- doned religion in favour of "Th d. 1 ·th h h kl Marxism, even though his paterteh ika ogu~ wt_ t e ec ers I d t h was e ey pomt m street corner na gran _paren s were staunc preaching,, She d .d Confusion grew Presbytenans. , e sat • He was educated at state schools before taking up the study of law "We learned two things very at Sydney University. early on: "More seriously, however, we "First of all, you must never raise we~e affected by the growing cona laugh at another person's fus10n about what the Church Went to Britain expense. Never. If you do, you've taught. put him further away from God as a result of his resentment. "~t got to be the case that any Midway through law studies, he "Second, we learned that we pnest was apt to say anything went to England "for a year." must never talk ot victory over a from his pulpit . Though he later returned to com- heckler, never argue to get the plete work for the law degree, he other man to admit that the "I think I can safely say that took up permanent residence in Church is right and he is wrong. there is not one Catholic doctrine England . or moral teaching that I have not Working wi th the Catholic Evi- " In stead ," Sheed continued , heard denied in the pulpit." dence Guild , he met Maisie "our aim was to tell people what Ward, whom he married in 1926. the Church taught and then get They had two children, Wilfrid, them to tell us what they thought (Continued Pg. 3) who became a novelist and crit- of it.